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"Instead of radio signals.... these ones would use wires!

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n--silence--

nAt this point, they were even more confused than before.

nThey couldn't help but look at Landon with puzzled expressions.

nWas it really possible?

nOne should know that previously when Landon had talked about the whole voicemail thing, they were utterly blown away by the concept... as they truly found it hard to believe.

nHow could this device record their voice for this voicemail thing?

nAnd what's even more shocking, was that they could listen to voicemails that were even 3 days old.

nIn addition to that..... with these land phones, more than 2 people could be on a single call at a time.

nSo how could they not be overly excited to begin the new project?

nBut when Landon said that they would be using wires rather than radio frequencies..... their excited moods quickly dampened down, as they found it had to believe that one could make these landlines without radio wave transmission.

nBut since the creator of the walkie talkie had said so, then maybe there was really a possibility of it happening.

nFor now, they chose to wait and listen up Landon's explanations.

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nLandon looked at their doubt-filled expressions, and calmly took his time to explain things further with them.

nWith land phones, as one talks, sound waves hit a diaphragm in the microphone... that converts it into electrical signals, which later gets sent along the telephone wires.

nAnd the person on the other end of the phone, also receives these signals.... as it hits their own diaphragm and sends it to the phone speakers for them to listen to.

nIn a nutshell, that was it!

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nAfter listening to his Majesty's thorough explanation.... everyone's eyes immediately lit up from amazement.

nBut at the same time, they couldn't help but worry a little.

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"Any questions?

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"Your majesty.... if it's like this, then wouldn't every phone call have to be connected by someone for them to pass through?

" One of them asked questionably.

nLandon hearing this, couldn't help but nod in appreciation for these engineers.

nAs expected, they had realized it as well.

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nWhat they were talking about, was the use of operators.

nEarlier on back on earth, phone calls had to be connected by phone operators before they could pass through..... as all calls first went straight to the phone company's headquarters, which acted as a central exchange.

nOne would place a call.... and would directly speak to an operator, who in turn would take down the number they were trying to reach and connect them to that person instead.

nAnd comparing them to Walkie talkies that didn't need any 3rd partner to contact someone, of course, the men weren't really too pleased with this new technology.

nFor starters, if all operators were busy... one could stay on the line for quite some time.

nSo what if it were an emergency during that waiting period?

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"Nope!... we won't be needing anyone to connect the calls.

nIn essence, we would be using a Switch!

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nOf course, the reason why modern phones connected without delay, was because at the company's base..... they had an electronic switch system, using a process called multiplexing.

nIn short, this system could allow thousands of conversations to be transmitted at the same time along one cable.

nAnd it was due to this technology that thousands of phone operators ended up jobless or retired early.

nLandon knew that hiring thousands of phone operators wasn't something good for the long run.

nHence he decided to stick with modern technology when remodelling the inner works of these land phones.

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nAs phone operators, the question was.... do they still exist?

nOf course, they did!.... but the job description was completely different from that of connecting calls so that one could talk to their loved ones, or do a business transaction.

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nIn the modern world, phone operators were just specialty agents that directly worked with customer service.

nIn general, they handled large volumes of calls, worked in call centers as customer representatives..... as 911 operators, where they would take one's message and relay it to the police.

nAnd of course, they also worked within the hospitals, as they got in touch with the emergency dispatchers and many more.

nIn short, they were typically used in everything else, except connecting personal calls.

nSo with the emergence of phones, for sure, Baymard still needed phone operators.... as he expected each industry to have it's own call center sector, for listening to customer complaints about their products and so on.

nAnd even the hospitals had to have their own as well, which tackled questions on drugs within the pharmacy, hospital dispatches and the list went on.

nOf course, they were also seen within logistic companies, large hospitality companies like grand hotels that needed to gather hundreds of phone bookings or reservations all at once.

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nLandon spent the entire day on theory, as his students had all bombarded him with multiple questions.

nAnd on the second day of classes, they began production immediately..... and just like that, a week had passed and Landon immediately passed on the role of teaching them to Tim.

nMost of the parts were very familiar to these students of his, so they made them with little to no efforts.

nIt was assembling everything together that really hit them hard.

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"Wait!.... wasn't this capacitor to go here instead?

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"No! No! No! Bro... it's the diode that's supposed to be there!!!

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"Ehh?.... why is my circuit not working after testing it out?

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"Bro!... how would it work when your circuit loop is still open?

nLook!.... place this here to close the circuit!

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nAh!.... I see!!

nDammit!!... How can I be so stupid?

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nWith that, operation landline was in full effect.

nOf course, while all this was going on..... Landon on the other hand, was getting ready to leave on his rescue mission.

nWith a crazy boss like the system, how could he stick around Baymard while his 'soul' was potentially on the line in the long run?

nIt was time to head into his enemy's den..... the empire of Terique.

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